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Ipswich: Court interpreter service is a lottery in any language
Feast or famine is probably the best way to describe the new court interpreter system which has turned into a national lottery
Judge blasts interpreters firm for court no-shows
The ongoing problem of interpreters not turning up in Court led to a barrister remarking it would be quicker for him to learn Czech than to wait for one to arrive
Incomplete interpretation by an ALS linguist
The linguist was also confused whether waiting times should be signed off by the court
British judges, Lithuanian defendants, and Google Translate
The last several months have been chaotic for courts in the UK. The country's interpreters are boycotting new rules imposed on their profession and refuse to help out courts, while judges must do what they can to work around the situation and explain non-English-speaking – Lithuanian, for example – defendants what they are charged with
